Truck body



R. V. DAY.

TRUCK BODY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13,1922.

' mm m. 12, 19212 fiQoberZI Day Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

STATES ROBER'I' V. DAY, OF DOUGLAS, GEORGIA.

TRUCK BODY.

Application filed March 13, 1922. Serial No. 543,254.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT V. DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Douglas, county of Coffee, and State of Geor ia, haveinvented certain new and useful mprovementsin Truck Bodies; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri tionof the invention, such as will enable ot ers skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvemerits in truck bodies, and moreparticularly relates to an improved body for the holding of bottledgoods in cases in such manner that they will not be apt to slide out ofthe shelving provided in the body for the same especially when thevehicle is rounding corners at relatively great speed.

It is an object of the invention to provide a truck body in which theshelving extends at an inclination downwardly and toward thelongitudinal center of the body in such wise that the case goods will besupported at a downward inclination and will have to ride upwardly inorder to escape from the shelves.

A further object of the invention resides in providing an improved truckbody of a simple and inexpensive construction in combination with anovel form of shelving and brace work, in connection with a sign boardextending longitudinally across the top of the truck body.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the inventlon will be morefully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed outin the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts through out the several views,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of an improved truck body constructedaccording to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showinga portion thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the bed orfoundation of the truck body which is placed upon the running gear inthe usual manner, and 2 and 3 are side boards erected upon the bed orfoundation, which, in combination with the end boards 4, form anenclosed base.

Standards 5 are erected at the corners of the base and intermediatestandards 6 midway the length of the truck body, such standards beingpreferably of angle iron construction, as more particularly seen in Fig.3, and being held on the ends of angle rails 7 lying within the endboards 4:. Central standards are also erected upon the base orfoundation and they preferably consist of fiat bandmetal returned uponitself to provide a pair of legs 8 and 9 extending upwardly inconvergent relation to the level of the to shelving where the leg 9 isdiscontinue the leg 8 being continued upwardly to form a central bracemember 10 lying above the'longitudinal center of the truck body.

At the divergent lower ends of the legs 8 and 9 a strap 11 is formed inone piece with the metal and lying fiat against the end rail 7, as shownin Fig. 3, and being secured thereto as by rivets or other fastenings12. The legs 8 and 9 form appropriate supports for the flanged rails 13and 14 which extend longitudinally of the truck body and are mounted inpairs and in superposed rows. These flanged rails 13 and 14 cooperatewith other flanged rails 15 and 16 secured to the uprights 5 and 6, asalso shown in Fig. 3.

The rails 15 and 16 are respectively at higher elevations than the rails13 and 14, and they are adapted to receiveslats 17 which inclinedownwardly towards the central part of the truck body, thus affordingshelving of a character to effectively hold the cases of bottled goodsin place. The shelving is of course open at its sides in order to permitof the insertion and removal of the cases. The lowermost intermediateangle irons are supported upon the end rails 7, as shown in Fig. 3, andsuitable tie bars 18 are mounted across the ends of the standards anduprights and are secured thereto as by rivets or other fastenings, thetie bars 18 being preferably bent to lie substantially parallel with theshelves and at a slight elevation thereabove to catch the sides of thecases whereby to avoid their escape through the ends of the body.

The end uprights 5 are continued upwardly and bent to form diagonalbraces 19 and 20 converging centrally and meeting with the top edges ofthe central braces 10 to which they are appropriately secured. A signboard 21 is secured in any desired manner to the braces 10 or to otherparts,

' and may desirably bear the narrig-of the vmanufacturer or advertisingmatter: in connection with the goods transported. In use, the body sobuilt up' will be mounted upon a truck and the case goods will be placedthrough the open sides of the shelving and will be allowed to descendinto contact with the angle bars 13 and 14 which are "spaced suitablyapart by the divergent character of the legs 8 and 9 so as to revent thecases from coming together. he

- caseswill thus be supported upon the slats 17 and they will have atendency to ride down toward the middleof the body and will not be aptto be thrown outwardly by centrifugal force when the truck is rounding acorner. The escape of the case will also be prevented by the angleflanges of the bars 15 and 16.

ing and their ready and easy removal there v directions in which strainis apt to occur and being of an inexpensive character.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and desi of the above specifically descrbed emodiment of this 1nvention without departin thereof, such changes anmodifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.I

What is claimed is An improved truck body comprising a bed, uprightsextendin from the bed at the outer edges of the b0 y, supportingstandards placed along the median line of the body, rails carried bysaid uprights and standards, the rails carried by the standards beinglower than the-rails carried by the uprights, slats removably carried bythe rails and inclining downwardly toward the center of the truck body,braces at the upper portion of the standards and uprights, and a signboard carried by said braces, substantially as described.

ROBERT v. DAY.

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